Civic Responsibility - Oct 2012

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Civic Responsibility - Oct 2012

Less than ten percent of Germany’s population was actively involved in the Nazi party. Under Nazi rule, over eleven million people were killed in death camps. Six million were Jews.In his book, How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, Andy Andrews documents some of the other victims: gypsies, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christians who opposed the government, union members, Democrats, Freemasons, “political nonconformists”, someone lacking documentation, homosexuals and thieves.

"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor involved in the German Resistance

Governments, by their nature, become self-serving and destructive if citizens are not involved. Thomas Jeffersonwarned: "If once [the people] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves.” Thomas Paine believed: “It is the duty of the Patriot to protect his country from its government.”

Our Founders were passionate about Freedom and believed every citizen had a role in preserving our Republic. An election is next month.Vote.

“For true patriots to be silent, is dangerous.” -Samuel Adams

“The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” -Patrick Henry

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"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."-Thomas Paine